Organizers: Cultural Landscape Commission of PTG, Institute of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin in cooperation with the Lublin Office of PTG

Suggested topics: 1. Sacrum of the nature. The spiritual dimension of the natural landscape
2. Sound in the sacral landscape. Temples of silence
3. Impact of religion on the landscape in the past and in the present. Location of sacral objects against its scenic preconditions.
4. Man as the participant, co-creator and recipient of sacrum
5. Religious rituals in the landscape
6. Religious tourism and landscape. Pilgrimage in the landscape
7. Sacral landscapes of borderzone regions  specifics, values, threats
8. Traces of religious minorities in the landscape
9. Contemporary threats to sacrum and sacral landscapes
10. Protection and revitalization of sacral landscapes  good practices

September 26 (Wednesday):
- lecture and poster sessions - Institute of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management of UMCS - concert of sacral music

September 27 (Thursday):- field session - Roztocze

Important dates:

by January 31, 2012:: signing up for participation, submission of an abstract of a lecture/poster in Polish and English

by March 15, 2012: payment of the conference fee

by May 31, 2012: submission of full texts of articles

by June 30, 2012: announcement 2, schedule of the conference

Fees:

PLN 400 - participation in the conference without publication of an article in Dissertations of the Cultural Landscape Commission of PTG; the fee includes conference materials, session costs, catering, joint supper meeting, participation in field sessions, other organizational costs

PLN 250 - publication of an article in Dissertations of the Cultural Landscape Commission of PTG; the cost for conference participants, payable after receiving a positive review